Pittsburgh Post Gazette Veteran Bill Guerin rejuvenated playing with young Penguins Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA That's likely because his energetic children keep him spry, and the youthful Penguins, who acquired the veteran at the March trade deadline, have restored vitality to his game after it grew a little stale with the last-place New York Islanders . …

Last summer, the New York Rangers decided not to bring back aging veterans Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan. When the season ended with a frustrating 2-1 loss in Game 7 to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night, coach John Tortorella lamented the lack of scoring punch that started the offseason way earlier than he hoped.

ECHL.com Baines Named Winner Of AHL's Fred T. Hunt Award ECHL.com, NJ 2), former South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Jamie Fraser ( New York Islanders on Apr. 4), former Columbus Cottonmouths and Tallahassee Tiger Sharks left wing Mitch Fritz ( New York Islanders on Oct

ECHL.com Masterton Nominees ECHL.com, NJ The ECHL was represented in the 2009 NHL All-Star Game by Mark Streit of the New York Islanders and Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins while former ECHL players Dan Ellis, Jonathan Quick and Tomas Vokoun have all been selected as recipients of the NHL's … FREE Media Guide With Purchase ECHL.com all 12 news articles

Whenever I see the New York Post, I can’t help thinking of the Public Enemy song.  And given the image below, they’re right on.  Only in NYC would you see a website that features top stories like these.  Farewell, New York.

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Well that went according to script, didn’t it?

Last night, Game 7 between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New Jersey Devils almost caused me to have a serious accident.  I was keeping an eye on both this series and the one between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals and each of them were pretty close.  When the third period began, I decided to finish watching it on the treadmill.  With the score at 3-2 for the Devils with just a few minutes left, I was pretty sure this was a done deal.  I started to think about how the team would do in the next round and I even muted it and started listening to my iPod.  I was surprised, however, to look up with just about 90 seconds left in the game to see things heating up.  I quickly unmuted it just in time to see a crazy good place that ended with Jussi Jokinen beating the Devils’ star goaltender, Martin Brodeur .  I couldn’t believe what I had just seen!  The Hurricanes had tied the game with just over a minute left in Game 7! I took a swig from my water bottle and got composed.  I figured I would call my son down to watch overtime with me in the basement.  I seriously almost wiped out on the treadmill when the Canes scored AGAIN with about half a minute left in the game.  You could see the shocked Devils fans filing out of the arena and I can’t even imagine how the team felt.  I don’t know what happened but that was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen in all my time as a hockey fan.  I had wanted the Devils to win but after seeing the determination of the Carolina Hurricanes (particularly Tim Gleason ), it’s hard not to deny that they deserved to win.  The Carolina Hurricanes will face the Boston Bruins for Game 1 of the semi-finals this Friday. image: TSN Post from: Hockey Beat

The Washington Capitals have been in this position before.  They faced the the Philadelphia Flyers last year and, after forcing the series to go to Game 7, they were handed a crushing loss in overtime.  What a difference a year can make! Last night, the Caps took on the New York Rangers , knowing it was their last chance to keep their playoff hopes alive and they did, overcoming about a million odds.  With just 4:59 left in the third period, Sergei Federov , put one in New York’s net.  Meanwhile, rookie goaltender, Simeon Varlamov , held off the Rangers allowing the team to celebrate a 2-1 victory. This is one of those series that had me all worked up and I made some mistakes in judgment along the way.  The most important thing I need to take back are all of the inflammatory comments I’ve made about Bruce Boudreau as a coach.  I was furious with him for pulling Jose Theodore from the starting lineup because I really didn’t have a lot of faith in Varlamov.  I’m a big enough person to admit that I was wrong.  He’s been solid between the pipes and I think he played a HUGE role in helping the Capitals head to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in more than 10 years. With the New York Rangers out of the playoffs, it will give the league some time to figure out what to do with Sean Avery and will allow coach John Tortorella time to go off and lick his wounds.  Who knows if either of them will be with the Rangers when next season starts.

Quest for Cup continues in Round 2 MiamiHerald.com, FL In 1982, the Canucks needed five games to dispose of Chicago in the Cup semis before they lost in the title round to the New York Islanders . But the Blackhawks earned a bit of revenge in 1995 when they swept Vancouver in the second round